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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to repeat my topical story.

  I worked for a startup that prided itself on being “data driven”. They’d talk about how other startups were doing stupid things because they followed their feelings instead of data.

  One day in one of those all hands meetings, the CEO was taking questions. Someone said, “Studies are showing that four day work weeks are more effective on like every metric. Can we look into that?”

  The CEO said "No, we’re not doing that ". Didn’t read the linked studies. Didn’t entertain it at all. His mind was made up, and the data was irrelevant.

  Because he doesn’t really care about data. He cares about feeling smart and irreverent. He cares about being seen as a cool disruptive startup guy who’s going to grind his way to success.

  The dishonesty makes me want to puke.

  But you know what also makes me sick? All the sycophantic boot lickers that would gather round and tell him his every idea was great. The people who would work unpaid long hours to “get shit done”. Bunch of fucking wormtongues who would sell out their coworkers for crumbs.

  Maybe he was a real person once who really did care about data. But by the time I met him, he was an empty suit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The money isn’t the whole point. It’s also about control and emotions. Management wants to feel a way and they’ll pay for it. And/or make you pay for it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generative AI is a societal disaster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I feel like everyone who would care already knows , and everyone who doesn’t care won’t care no matter what the facts say.

  You could prove definitively that LLMs summon demons that eat live babies, and they’d shrug and dismiss it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s with the weird censoring of the post metadata? Do we not want to credit the original poster for some reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve enjoyed bandcamp’s writeups. They seem to be written by real people.

  I also sometimes peruse the “who else bought my favorite album this month?” listing. Find some gems and wild cards there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think most people don’t have much impulse control or long term planning. They’ll buy it at full price despite having a backlog of other games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1d4-1 is 0 to 3. Sorry, not the point.

  One factor might be location. I’m in a major city.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean exactly? If you think some people are just innately attractive and that’s immutable and unattainable, that’s nonsense.

  Easily changed stuff like a better haircut, better fitting clothes, a better photo, all go a long way.

  I’m a very average guy with a wardrobe of thrift store finds and band tshirts. I’m not even 6’ tall. But I did try to whole-ass engage with every potential match instead of doing bullshit like chatgpt or copy-pasted ice breakers.

  Also a real fast way to be unattractive is having an ugly worldview. Most people aren’t going to like someone who treats them like shit. Someone who has a genuine conversation and shares interests will go farther.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I started buying music in 2015 (mostly Bandcamp) and I have no regrets. I have a big library now of drm free music. Some months I spend nothing and still enjoy music, without ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For a while Microsoft was the King of PC stuff. How come they didn't just cozy up to the PC but had to do the XBOX and pretty much lose their ass with all the cash grabs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just assume big businesses are run by idiots.

  If Microsoft had their shit together, they could’ve made something like Steam. That’s just printing money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw Castle Rat in Brooklyn the other day (great show) and it was like $25 + $10 of bs “fees”.

  I don’t see many bigger bands anymore because the tickets are more than double that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  to meet the man she’d spent the last three weeks opening up to.

  First off, don’t chat for three weeks before a date. That’s a terrible idea. You’re going to build up a faulty model of who they are and then be jolted when you meet them in real life. Which is exactly what happened here.

  Second, to all the people using chat gpt, I don’t know how to say this nicely but fucking git gud. What a bunch of sad sacks that can’t have a conversation, can’t read a wikipedia article, can’t even try their honest best.

  a workaround for what he sees as the coded jargon of modern dating. “Like, what do you mean ‘What’s my attachment style?’” he balks. “Every girl on the apps has this thing about ‘love languages’ – it’s just gibberish

  Is it though? Take five minutes to read about it if it’s so ubiquitous. What a sack of shit.

  I’m a pretty average guy and I was getting 1d4-1 dates per week just by matching with people and asking them out. You really don’t need to do more than be genuine, present, and interested in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the guys at my old job liked lae’zel. I think because she’s kind of mean. I’m like that’s what I’m here for. I don’t want some pushover passive aggression like shadow heart, and karlach is fine I guess, but lae’zel making people lick her boots is the shit. I’m not even into being dominated but I do like women with agency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Finnish Prime Minister Calls for Four-Day Workweek: More Time with Family⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of a thing from work that I think about pretty often.

  I worked someplace that prided itself on being “data driven”. They put stuff on the company tshirts like “Data > Feelings”. Real pretentious shit, but they seemed to pride themselves on making reasonable decisions based on facts and evidence. They’d made fun of other companies for doing stuff based on the whims of CEOs.

  One of the many articles came out about 4 day workweeks being beneficial for everyone involved. At one of the company meetings, someone brought it up and asked the CEO if we could look into it. He just said, “We’re not doing that.” Didn’t ask to read the article. Didn’t look at data. No discussion. Just a snap decision: no.

  People are emotional creatures and many of them are stupid, too. Stupid and spiteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RUMOR: 'The Future of Xbox is Software Publishing' as Next Console Generation Faces Doubts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Microsoft makes great decisions. They’re not as bad as Google, but it doesn’t seem like they deliver what users want.

  They’ll probably spend billions on AI when users would rather just have a cheaper longer lasting device. But they gotta make maximum money, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one would go if they weren’t getting paid.

  I don’t know I’ve met some boot lickers that would work for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk makes megabucks, selling a million copies in 2 weeks, and currently has more daily players than Borderlands 4 on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep forgetting borderlands 4 even came out. I guess I block most ads, but none of my friends have even talked about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t imagine what I’d even want the “Ai” to do in the browser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can turn that one on desktop off, btw

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently Vanguard has a whole proxy voting system that I left on the defaults!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Solidarity doesn’t have to mean they like have a club with a secret handshake. Their goals are aligned, and they tend to work towards those goals, even without explicit coordination. It’s rare to see anyone in the ownership class work against those interests. You don’t see a lot of the owners saying “we should give people more time off” or “we should let the workers have a say”. It’s pretty consistently “we should squeeze people for more money”. It makes the news when ownership is like “We’re going to pay people more”, and it doesn’t make the news when labor is like “i’ll just work a little more off the clock to catch up”.

  Contrast with labor, where people are often undermining their interests. Being anti-union, voting against regulations that would protect them from exploitation, giving away labor for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Solidarity doesn’t mean they’re all in love and never squabble. But it does mean that they will prioritize their class’ interests, especially if it’s in conflict with labor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume rich people often keep enough shares to control who sits on the board, and thus who is the CEO. There’s a lot of people sitting on multiple boards, folks know each other, blah blah blah.

  Also many shareholders aren’t really involved. I don’t even know how it works if you own shares through Vanguard or something. I’ve never been asked to vote on company policy.

  From what I’ve seen in start-up land, leadership is a lot of in-group bro times. It’s all gut feel. Shouldn’t expect rational, honest, decisions from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The rich have class solidarity. They’re not going to casually fuck each other over like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It was always going to end like this. If you’re surprised, I hope you learned a valuable lesson.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know plenty of adults who are really bad at money and paying bills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the average video game player has really poor media and political literacy, but maybe it’s just the ones who make noise online who fit that profile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I typically buy music , most often from Bandcamp. I figure $10/mo gets me one or two albums I can keep forever. I tend to be more depth-first with music, where I get really into a band for a little while then move on, so this works for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the many things that’s infuriating about this is that these people are so profoundly stupid, but they keep getting all the money and power. If there was any justice in the world, people like the decision makers in your stories would be living a very spartan life somewhere, reflecting on how they are so fucking senseless.

  And yet people continue to worship these “job creators” and “visionaries”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whatever happened to in-store coffee grinders?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think two of the somewhat fancier grocery stores I go to have grinders there. The more basic one I usually go to I don’t think does. I don’t drink coffee myself, so I’m not 100% certain.